The United Nations Human Rights office on Tuesday, said it had recorded 1,834 civilian casualties in Ukraine with 691 killed and 1,143 injured, since the Russian invasion of the country on February 24, which entered its 21st day on Wednesday, IgbereTV reports
“Most of the civilian casualties recorded were caused by the use of explosive weapons with a wide impact area, including shelling from heavy artillery and multiple-launch rocket systems, and missile and air strikes,” the UN humanitarian office said in a statement on its website.
The agency noted that as the invasion drags on, reports have emerged that the Russian military has deliberately targeted civilian areas, though Moscow and the Kremlin have denied the charges.
Human Rights Watch had also accused Russian forces of bombarding an intersection of a road being used by fleeing civilians.
The UN human rights office said last week that “civilians are being killed and maimed in what appear to be indiscriminate attacks” by Russian forces
